--- title: The rest of the inhabitants, being wise men, seeing the Exalted One,… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: The rest of the inhabitants, being wise men, seeing the Exalted One, erected a pavilion at the village-gate, gave abundant alms to the Congregation of Monks presided over by the Buddha, saluted the Teacher, and sat down. Who acts: rest. A sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlinga --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/13/51/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The grateful elephant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/) / [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/13/) / 51 # The grateful elephant, Opening, part 13, sentence 51 The rest of the inhabitants, being wise men, seeing the Exalted One, erected a pavilion at the village-gate, gave abundant alms to the Congregation of Monks presided over by the Buddha, saluted the Teacher, and sat down. **Who acts:** rest · **What happens:** be, see, exalt, erect, give, preside over · **To what, where:** wise men, One, pavilion, village gate, abundant alms, Congregation This is a sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (rest), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg74064:13:55 # text = The rest of the inhabitants, being wise men, seeing the Exalted One, erected a pavilion at the village-gate, gave abundant alms to the Congregation of Monks presided over by the Buddha, saluted the Teacher, and sat down. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 cop _ _ 8 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Exalted exalt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 xcomp _ _ 14 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 16 erected erect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 pavilion pavilion NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 26 abundant abundant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 alms alm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Congregation congregation NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Monks monk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 33 presided preside VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 34 over over ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Buddha Buddha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 saluted salute VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Teacher Teacher PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 45 down down ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | gerund | the rest of the inhabitants and wise men *not said here* | wise men | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | gerund | the rest of the inhabitants and wise men *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **exalt** | participle | the rest of the inhabitants and wise men *not said here* | One | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | | 4 | **erect** | past | the rest of the inhabitants and wise men | a pavilion | | the village gate | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pavilion=Product | | 5 | **give** | past | | abundant alms | the Congregation of Monks | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent alm=Theme to congregation=Recipient | | 6 | **preside over** | participle | | Monks *not said here* | | | | by the Buddha; over *property* | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent by buddha=Eventuality | | 7 | **salute** | past | | the Teacher | | | | | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Topic | | 8 | **sit down** | past | the rest of the inhabitants and wise men *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Project Gutenberg book 74064 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/13/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/13/52/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/13/)